Mr. Lincoln's Army.
by Bruce Catton
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This is the story of Lincoln's famous Army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War, when it was under the command of the dashing General George B. McClellan. Clearly a man of destiny, McClellan quickly became obsessed with the idea -- and the country and his troops shared his view, for a time -- that he was divinely chosen as the instrument of the Republic's salvation. But he failed to understand either the President's problems with respect to the army or the fateful significance of the war itself, and at last he was removed from command. But the living story here, viewed through McClellan's command, is that of the army itself. It is an account gathered from diaries, letters, and published reports of the ordinary foot soldiers, who discovered that their skylarking "picture book war" was grim and deadly.
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Army of the Potomac, Campaigns, History, Regimental histories, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army of the Potomac, Histoire, McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885, Nordstaaten, Civil War, Sezessionskrieg, Military campaigns, Civil War, 1861-1865, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, Armee, American History, Histoire des unites, Campaigns & battles, Campagnes et batailles, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, regimental histories, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns, Civil War--, There Was Talk Of Treason, The Young General, The Era Of Suspicion. The Voice Of Caution, Opportunity Knocks Three Times, All The Landscape Was Red, Histoire des unités, Society of FriendsPlaces
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Mr. Lincoln's Army
February 1994, Peter Smith Publisher
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in English
0844667919 9780844667911
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Mr. Lincoln's Army
1990, Anchor Books, Doubleday
in English
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
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Mr. Lincoln's Army : Book 1 of Army of Potomac
January 1, 1979, Books on Tape
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in English
- Unabridged edition
5557023208 9785557023207
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Bibliography: p. [333]-339.
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